Absolute Security acquired an endpoint and vulnerability management provider founded by a serial entrepreneur to simplify patching and remediation issues through automated workloads.
The Seattle-based cyber resilience vendor said its buy of Newport Beach, California-based Syxsense will reduce breaches related to misconfigurations by applying proper vulnerability management. CEO Christy Wyatt said Syxsense clients will benefit from Absolute’s persistence platform, which ensures continuous compliance and operational integrity of devices even when security apps fail or become corrupted.
“We spend a tremendous amount of money as an industry on prevention and protection,” Wyatt told Information Security Media Group. “We don’t spend nearly enough on making sure that things are resilient and still working.”
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What Syxsense Brings to the Table
Wyatt said the integration between Absolute and Syxsense will boost the company’s ability to address endpoint vulnerabilities and automate remediation, making customers more resilient to both attacks as well as misconfigurations. Absolute already worked with Syxsense as a licensing partner, and Wyatt said Syxsense’s workflow automation and Absolute’s self-healing technology complement each another.
“There is just a natural adjacency between what we do with self-healing and what they’re doing in terms of detecting configuration vulnerabilities, patching vulnerabilities, and then building automated workflows for how you fix it,” Wyatt said.
Syxsense’s emphasis on automated workflows and proactive remediation of issues has helped the company stand out in the crowded vulnerability management market since automation saves enterprises time and reduces the complexity associated with security and compliance. Wyatt said Absolute and Syxsense will work together to automate remediation and patch management, especially with remote devices.
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